Hip-hop star Lizzo has clapped back against recording and producing brothers Justin Raisen and Jeremiah Raisen, who claimed rights to her record-breaking hit track, "Truth Hurts."
In a lengthy statement posted to Instagram, the Raisen brothers had claimed that the now-viral line from the song, "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that b-ch," was originally taken from a tweet by London-based singer, Mina Lioness, and that several elements of the song were created in a collaborative effort with them for another track, "Healthy" recorded in 2017.
As speculations about the claims have continued to rise, Lizzo decided to step in and clear the air about on Wednesday by posting a lengthy explanation on Twitter.
"The men who now claim a piece of Truth Hurts did not help me write any part of the song," she tweeted. "They had nothing to do with the line or how I chose to sing it. There was no one in the room when I wrote Truth Hurts, except me, Ricky Reed, and my tears. That song is my life, and its words are my truth."
Lizzo noted that she would be giving due credit to Lioness, whose tweet "resonated" with her at the time.
The tweet came shortly after another artist, Cece Peniston accused Lizzo of copyright infringement for having stolen ad-libs from her 1992 song "Finally" to use in her hit track "Juice."
Although fans appeared to spot the clear similarities between the two tracks, a Warner/Chappell spokesperson told Billboard, "There's no substantial similarity between 'Juice' and 'Finally', and there's no valid claim there."
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